Ray made only a single circuit of the grounds, yet that was enough to grasp the entire situation inside the gas complex.

It was truly deserted. Not a soul remained, and every gas tank had been emptied.

They had moved out overnight—so thoroughly that not even a scrap was left behind.

Still, it wasn't as if he found nothing at all. At the rear of the compound, on the side facing the lake, he discovered a large number of corpses.

Most of them were women.

Their clothes were in disarray; some we